Image, Source: digital file from T01 duplicate negative
Published - January 1939
Photographer - Walker Evans
Place - Selma, Alabama
This picture was taken in Selma, Alabama. It is a picture taken outdoors and it is light out which means it is probably some time in the middle of the day. Also it looks to be in a more rural area. This is a picture of store. There are signs on the walls of the store advertising Coke-a-cola and other various items. There are also three people in this picture that seem to be around the ages of adulthood. One of the people looks white and the other too look African American. In this picture there are no distinguishing features because the people are too far away to see any detail. Also in this picture there is one structure, a store. The store seems a little run down and in need of repairs. Around the store you are unable to see anything because the camera was too focused on the store. The tone of this photo seems to be negative because the people in it are just standing around doing nothing.
This photo is a great photo. It illustrates how life in the south was during this time period perfectly. It shows me a structure, in this case a store, and what they looked like. It also shows you the negativity that people had to deal with during this time. The Great Depression was a very gloom time and it looks that way in this picture. There is a run down store and people just sitting around.
Two questions: What are the people near the store doing? If they are talking, what are they talking about?
Why did you choose to take a picture of the back of the store?
Houses in the Negro Section
Image, Source: digital file from intermediary roll film
Published - May 1941
Photographer - Jack Delano
Place - Eutaw, Alabama
This picture was taken in the negro section of Eutaw, Alabama. It is a picture taken during the day outside of a negro's house. From what I can see in the picture, the setting is more of an urban area. I think this because I see houses behind it and electrical wires. In the picture there is a little house that belongs to a family of African Americans. There is a woman on the porch that is just standing there. She is a negro that seems to be between her 20's and 30's. She is wearing a white blouse with a dark colored skirt that goes down to her ankles. In this picture the thing that catches my eye first is how bad shape the house is in and how small it is. Other then the main house, there is another building behind it that looks like it could be a house too. This pictures tone is also negative in my opinion because there are things that make it that way. For example the grass is all weeds and the house seems to be a little run down.
This picture, in my opinion, demenstaits the hardships that negros had to go through in this time period. This negro's house is very small and looks to be old and run down. Even so, the woman in this picture probably cannot get a better home because people will not hire negros to work, let alone give them any respect. So in that aspect the picture captures a perfect image of what it was like for African Americans.
Two questions: What else is around this house?
Is there anymore of the house that we just cannot see?
"Griffin Children"
Image, Source: intermediary roll film
Published - June 1936
Photographer - Carl Mydans
Place - Greensboro, Alabama
This picture, taken in Greensboro, Alabama, seems to be taken outdoors at shelter. The setting of this place is definity a rural place. In this photo there are four children, all brother and sister, standing and smiling. There are three young girls and one young boy. The girls are wearing dresses and the boy is wearing overalls with a cowboy hat. They are all caucasian. There is a structure that they are over but I am unable to see what it is because it is focuses on the children but in the backround there is what looks like a small forest made up of trees and bushes. The tone of this picture is a positive one. The children are smiling and look very happy.
When I looked at this picture learned one main thing. The thing is that blacks and whites dress very differently. From the other pictures that I looked at, most African Americans were wearing battered, ripped, and dirty clothing. In this picture the girls are wearing nice dresses and the boy a nice pair of overalls.
Two questions: What is the structure that the children are standing under?
What is the structure used for?
Part B.
At the Bus Station
Published - May 1940
Photographer - Jack Delano
Place - Durham, North Carolina
This picture was taken in Durham, North Carolina at a bus station. The picture was taken outdoors but under an overhang. The area around the main portion of the picture is a urban city. In this picture there is a bus and a colored man possibly waiting to get on the bus. The man in the picture is colored and looks to be in his 20's of 30's. A feature that caught my eye was the way he was dressed. He is dressed very nicely and sharply. The man is standing under the over hang where the bus is. This pictures tone seems to be positive.
This picture opened my eyes to how bad the racism was in this time period. In the bus station where the man is standing there is a sign right above him that says colored waiting room. This tells me that everywhere that African Americans went they were segregated and not treated fairly.
Two questions: Is the man traveling somewhere?
If so, where is he traveling?
"People who came to Saturday night dance around the bar"
Published - August 1941
Photographer - Marion Post Wolcott
Place - Birney, Montana
This picture was taken in Birney, Montana in a bar. There are seven people that I can see. Four of them are women and three of them are men. The girls are wearing dresses and the boys are wearing collared shirts. One thing that stands out to me is that every person in this picture is white even though the sign only says no indians served here. The bar they are in has bottles of some type of drink on the wall and a counter behind all of the people. It looks like most bars today. It also looks like it is in good condition. Lastly, the tone in this picture is positive. It looks like all of the people are happy and having a good time.
After looking at this picture i learned a couple of things. The first is that Montana may not have segregated black, but they definitly did indians. There is a sign in the bar that says absolutly no indians served here. The second is that all people may not hate the same thing but everyone hates something. It is unfortunate that that is true but we have to aknowledge it and try to fix it.
Two questons: Why were indians segregated?
Were bars always that crowded back then?
A Fish Restaurant for Negroes
Published - June 1937
Photographer - Dorothea Lange
Place - Memphis, Tennessee
This picture was taken in Memphis, Tennessee. It was taken outdoors in an urban area that could be a city. In this picture there is a fish restaurant that is for negroes. The restaurant is called Bryant's Place and it says it on the window along with a sign that says hot fish. The restaurant seems to be in good condition. There are no people in this picture but there may be some inside of the restaurant. The tone of the picture is negative because nothing is going on. It is just a picture of a building.
My response to this picture is that I am surprised. There is a little sign on the window that says for colored and I did not think that the segregation was that extreme. I thought that colored and non-colored people could at least eat together but from what I learn from this is that everything has to be separated.
Two Questions: Does this restaurant allow white to eat here too?
If so, will white eat there even though it is for blacks?
Store with False Front
Published - January 1939
Photographer - Walker Evans
Place - Selma, Alabama
This picture was taken in Selma, Alabama. It is a picture taken outdoors and it is light out which means it is probably some time in the middle of the day. Also it looks to be in a more rural area. This is a picture of store. There are signs on the walls of the store advertising Coke-a-cola and other various items. There are also three people in this picture that seem to be around the ages of adulthood. One of the people looks white and the other too look African American. In this picture there are no distinguishing features because the people are too far away to see any detail. Also in this picture there is one structure, a store. The store seems a little run down and in need of repairs. Around the store you are unable to see anything because the camera was too focused on the store. The tone of this photo seems to be negative because the people in it are just standing around doing nothing.
This photo is a great photo. It illustrates how life in the south was during this time period perfectly. It shows me a structure, in this case a store, and what they looked like. It also shows you the negativity that people had to deal with during this time. The Great Depression was a very gloom time and it looks that way in this picture. There is a run down store and people just sitting around.
Two questions: What are the people near the store doing? If they are talking, what are they talking about?
Why did you choose to take a picture of the back of the store?
Houses in the Negro Section
Published - May 1941
Photographer - Jack Delano
Place - Eutaw, Alabama
This picture was taken in the negro section of Eutaw, Alabama. It is a picture taken during the day outside of a negro's house. From what I can see in the picture, the setting is more of an urban area. I think this because I see houses behind it and electrical wires. In the picture there is a little house that belongs to a family of African Americans. There is a woman on the porch that is just standing there. She is a negro that seems to be between her 20's and 30's. She is wearing a white blouse with a dark colored skirt that goes down to her ankles. In this picture the thing that catches my eye first is how bad shape the house is in and how small it is. Other then the main house, there is another building behind it that looks like it could be a house too. This pictures tone is also negative in my opinion because there are things that make it that way. For example the grass is all weeds and the house seems to be a little run down.
This picture, in my opinion, demenstaits the hardships that negros had to go through in this time period. This negro's house is very small and looks to be old and run down. Even so, the woman in this picture probably cannot get a better home because people will not hire negros to work, let alone give them any respect. So in that aspect the picture captures a perfect image of what it was like for African Americans.
Two questions: What else is around this house?
Is there anymore of the house that we just cannot see?
"Griffin Children"
Published - June 1936
Photographer - Carl Mydans
Place - Greensboro, Alabama
This picture, taken in Greensboro, Alabama, seems to be taken outdoors at shelter. The setting of this place is definity a rural place. In this photo there are four children, all brother and sister, standing and smiling. There are three young girls and one young boy. The girls are wearing dresses and the boy is wearing overalls with a cowboy hat. They are all caucasian. There is a structure that they are over but I am unable to see what it is because it is focuses on the children but in the backround there is what looks like a small forest made up of trees and bushes. The tone of this picture is a positive one. The children are smiling and look very happy.
When I looked at this picture learned one main thing. The thing is that blacks and whites dress very differently. From the other pictures that I looked at, most African Americans were wearing battered, ripped, and dirty clothing. In this picture the girls are wearing nice dresses and the boy a nice pair of overalls.
Two questions: What is the structure that the children are standing under?
What is the structure used for?
Part B.
At the Bus Station
Published - May 1940
Photographer - Jack Delano
Place - Durham, North Carolina
This picture was taken in Durham, North Carolina at a bus station. The picture was taken outdoors but under an overhang. The area around the main portion of the picture is a urban city. In this picture there is a bus and a colored man possibly waiting to get on the bus. The man in the picture is colored and looks to be in his 20's of 30's. A feature that caught my eye was the way he was dressed. He is dressed very nicely and sharply. The man is standing under the over hang where the bus is. This pictures tone seems to be positive.
This picture opened my eyes to how bad the racism was in this time period. In the bus station where the man is standing there is a sign right above him that says colored waiting room. This tells me that everywhere that African Americans went they were segregated and not treated fairly.
Two questions: Is the man traveling somewhere?
If so, where is he traveling?
"People who came to Saturday night dance around the bar"
Published - August 1941
Photographer - Marion Post Wolcott
Place - Birney, Montana
This picture was taken in Birney, Montana in a bar. There are seven people that I can see. Four of them are women and three of them are men. The girls are wearing dresses and the boys are wearing collared shirts. One thing that stands out to me is that every person in this picture is white even though the sign only says no indians served here. The bar they are in has bottles of some type of drink on the wall and a counter behind all of the people. It looks like most bars today. It also looks like it is in good condition. Lastly, the tone in this picture is positive. It looks like all of the people are happy and having a good time.
After looking at this picture i learned a couple of things. The first is that Montana may not have segregated black, but they definitly did indians. There is a sign in the bar that says absolutly no indians served here. The second is that all people may not hate the same thing but everyone hates something. It is unfortunate that that is true but we have to aknowledge it and try to fix it.
Two questons: Why were indians segregated?
Were bars always that crowded back then?
A Fish Restaurant for Negroes
Published - June 1937
Photographer - Dorothea Lange
Place - Memphis, Tennessee
This picture was taken in Memphis, Tennessee. It was taken outdoors in an urban area that could be a city. In this picture there is a fish restaurant that is for negroes. The restaurant is called Bryant's Place and it says it on the window along with a sign that says hot fish. The restaurant seems to be in good condition. There are no people in this picture but there may be some inside of the restaurant. The tone of the picture is negative because nothing is going on. It is just a picture of a building.
My response to this picture is that I am surprised. There is a little sign on the window that says for colored and I did not think that the segregation was that extreme. I thought that colored and non-colored people could at least eat together but from what I learn from this is that everything has to be separated.
Two Questions: Does this restaurant allow white to eat here too?
If so, will white eat there even though it is for blacks?